Back-band-hook



A. DENNIS.

BACK BAND HOOK.

Patented May 10, 1887.

(No Model.)

xHWHw/NMM I .dttorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa ALBERT DENNIS, 0EFRANKLIN, TENNESSEE.A

BAcK-BANmHooK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,498, dated May 10,1887.

I 4 Application filed February l0, 1887. Serial No. 227,129. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT DENNIS, a cili- Zen of the United States,residing at Franklin, in the county of Williamson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBack-Band Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdeseription of the invention, such as will enable othersSkilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in back-band hooks; and itconsists in the novel construct-ion and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter fully explained, and more particularly pointed out in theclaim appended.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of my improvedhook; and Fig. 2 is a side view ot' the same.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A-designates the hook,the broad frame portion of which is provided with lonI gitudinal slots aa, between which is a central bar, b, having downwardly-projecting spurs 0,1

which enter the back-band and securely but removably connect the hookthereto.

Depending from the central portion of the lower bar, d, is thesupporting-hook c, for the trace or chain f. This hook tapers from thepoints g g to the upwardly-curved end 7r,which latter has an enlargedend or knob, i, and'is arranged above a tongue, j, between which isformed a passage, k, or an indirect inlet and outlet for the link of thechain. This tongue curves downwardly and forwardly, as at Z,and

'opening extends upwardly, and the tongue,

being directly. in rear of the hook aforesaid, forms vertical indirectpassages for the chain-link, which, when slackened, cannot beaccidentally displaced therefrom, as the Same would either pass upbehind the tongue or come in contact with the knob on the hook, thusthrowing said link back in its proper place.

where the same is most needed, thus rendering the hook durable. At thesame time it is cheap to manufacture.

- What I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, the withindescribed back-band hook, consisting oi' the frame A, having the spursc, the downY wardly-tapering hook e, having the end knob, t', andprovided with the tongue j, curved, as described, and having theenlarged end n, and arranged directly in rear of the hoolgwhereby anindirect passage is formed, as shown, and the whole constructedintegral, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT DENNIS.

y, Witnesses:

JOHN WATSON, J. J. SMITH. I

